After yesterday’s whimsical, dramatic, and colorful look, I decided to tone it way down today and go for a soft, more natural look.

Vanilla Sugar – a light, creamy color with some shimmer. Perfect for a base color.

Queen Tiffany – a neutral brown, amped up with some glimmer

Bisque – The perfect concealer. It hides blemishes and under eye dark circles with ease!

Onyx – Opaque black shadow, but I used it as a liner

To get this look, I used the BE soft focus brush to sweep on Vanilla Sugar from lashes to brow. Emphasize It was used as a highlight on my browbone and inner V of the eye area. I used the crease end of the Quick Color and Crease brush to buff in Queen Tiffany into the crease and outer 1/2 of the lid. To finish it up, I used the Heavenly Liner brush to make my black liner shadow nice and soft.

To get this look, I went heavy on the Monday, especially on the inner lid. I layered Moonshine over the Monday on the outer 2/3 of the lid, and then blended it all together with Gossamer on the browbone and inner corner. I wanted a real Disney princess pink pout, but I am out of town and left my Pretty Amazing Charisma at home – otherwise, that color would have been perfect!

My sister got me the Fabulous Eyecolor Palette for Christmas, and while I’ve used all four colors in it, I had yet to use all four of them together. I gave it a try today. The colors have fabulous names to go along with the Fabulous name of the Palette itself. The colors are:

Ta-dah – sheer, golden honey

Rebel – Medium glimmery brown

Fearless – very glimmery forest green

Marina – soft black liner shadow

I played around for a little while with the colors, before just deciding to throw it on and see what happens. The look that evolved looks a little like camouflage. I’m sure BE has specific tips on how to best highlight each color, but it’s not always fun to play by the rules, especially with colors named Fearless and Rebel!

Today I’m demonstrating the art of foiling. The term foiling simply means applying color with a damp brush. I like using the larger end of a BE Foil and Fuse brush. Use too much water and the shadow will just drip down your face. Use too little water and you’ll have a pasty mess. My personal technique is to dampen the brush and then dip it in the loose shadow. I’ll then swirl the damp brush and shadow in the lid of the eyeshadow pot until it is the right consistency. Then I paint the mixture where I want it and close my eyes to let it dry for a few seconds.

I love the experimenting with foiling. It changes the shade and dimension of the shadow you choose. Some shadows, especially mattes, will turn into a darker, more opaque shade of the dry shadow. And other colors, like the one I wore today, turns into a bold, glimmery statement.

The Look:

On the eyes:

BE Original Prime Time for eyes

Wednesday (from the Good Morning, Gorgeous collection) foiled from lashes to crease

Grasshopper (dry) in the crease for a little dimension

Bamboo foiled on inner 1/3 of lid and on inner V.

Buxom lashliner in Leatherette

L’oreal Voluminous Mascara in Carbon Black

On the face:

BE Original Prime Time for face

Original foundation in Fairly Medium

Optimist blush

Aveda lip glaze in Morning Rose

I went out of town for a few days on a last minute business trip with my husband, so as I was hurriedly packing yesterday, I just threw a bunch of e/s pots in my bag. It would have taken too long to try to plan out specific looks ahead of time for the next few days. So come back to find out how I can change up my look over the next few days with a limited color range and assortment!

Bare Escentuals has a promotion going on for a FREE eyeshadow in the Thank You shade with a purchase of $50 or more. Normally, I would get excited when I see the word free next to BE eye shadows, but I already have the Thank You shade. And… it’s far from my favorite. This shade was actually the very first BE e/s I got – years ago, it was a “free gift” in the foundation club. It sat mostly unused until today, when I was inspired to try it out again, and give it another shot.

Today’s look:

The eyes:

BE Prime Time for eyes

Thank You buffed all over, from lashes to above crease

Spellbound dusted lightly over Thank You

Surreal buffed well into crease

Cherry Coco Truffle wetlined on upper and lower lashes

L’oreal Voluminous Mascara in Carbon Black

The face:

BE Prime Time Brightening for face

Original foundation – custom blend of Fairly Light and Light

Compassion blush

BE funnel cake lipgloss

This is not my favorite look. I really like colors, and I think the brown family tends to wash me out. I like to accentuate my hazel eyes with a pop of color, and this color just isn’t doing it for me. Thank you, but no thank you. This guy will spend the rest of his life being mixed in with other colors.

I had a vision last night. No, not that kind of vision. I imagined doing my eyes today in a rose gold kind of color, but I knew I didn’t have that color, so I would have to create it. This was my first experience in the BE world of custom blending my own colors. It took some practice on my hand first, but the end result was pretty close to what I dreamed up.

On the eyes:

BE PrimeTime Brightening Primer for Eyes

Well Rested over entire area, from lashes to brow

Magical buffed onto lid from lashes to just above crease

Nude Beach foiled (applied damp) over Magical

Magical lightly swept over that, concentrating more on the outer crease

Legit l/s wetlined and winged out on top lashes, smudged on lower lashes

L’oreal Voluminous Mascara in Carbon Black

On the face:

Original BE foundation in Fairly Medium

Lovely blush

Aveda lipglaze in Cherry Blossom

Tell me what you think! Do you have any color suggestions or application techniques that would help this BEauty BEginner?